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The American New York Times reported that former Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko included the $ 5.5 million that Ukrainian MP Batkivshchyna paid for her statement and that it was paid by the American law firm Skadden. This company, during the presidency of Viktor Yanukovich, prepared a report on the Tymoshenko trial and concluded that selective justice was not applied to him.
The American law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom paid him the multi-million dollar compensation that Ukraine’s deputy, leader of the Batkivshchyna party, former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, reflected in his statement. This was announced on May 10 by the American edition of the New York Times.
Therefore, the company settled a lawsuit with Tymoshenko, in which the politician accused the lawyers of facilitating its conclusion.
In 2012 Skadden prepared a report for the Ukrainian authorities to corroborate the pre-trial content of the European Court of Human Rights Tymoshenko in custody Skadden received $ 5.2 million for his work, of which $ $1.1 million – from the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice (the company later returned Ukraine $ 567 thousand). The main amount, according to the Financial Times, was provided by Ukrainian businessman Viktor Pinchuk, but the businessman’s press service claimed that he had never been a customer of Skadden.
According to the New York Times, Tymoshenko, along with his former attorney, Deputy Sergeant Vlasenko of the Fatherland, hired law firm Reid Collins & Tsai to explore the possibility of filing a lawsuit against Skadden. Skadden, as people familiar with the negotiations told the publication, paid them “$ $11 million or more “to resolve the dispute out of court. Funds were transferred Tymoshenko and Vlasenko via Reid Collins and Tsai.
In early May, Tymoshenko included in the electronic declaration more than 148 million UAH (about $ 5.5 million). The source of income is the American law firm Reid Collins & Tsai LLP. Thus, the politician became the official millionaire of the dollar. In 2019, Vlasenko declared more than UAH 133 million received from the same company.
Tymoshenko said he received about $ 5.5 million from a US resident in the pre-trial liquidation stage as compensation for the repression he suffered during Viktor Yanukovich’s presidency. OhShe emphasized that she would not reveal other details due to the peculiarities of American law.
Tymoshenko, Vlasenko, Reid Collins and Tsai and Skadden did not provide New York Times Commentary on Company Dispute Resolution Skadden But in 2018 Tymoshenko told the post that it was “very painful” for her to observe how Skadden works for Yanukovych and tries to “whiten him”. She called the prisoner between Skadden and the Ukrainian authorities agree on “dirty contract”.
In October 2011, Tymoshenko was sentenced to seven years in prison for allegedly exceeding her official powers by signing a gas contract with Russia in 2009. She was sent to serve the Kachanovsky colony in Kharkov in December of that year. Since May 2012, Tymoshenko has been treated at the Ukrzaliznytsya hospital. In February 2014, after fleeing Ukraine from Yanukovych, she was released by decision of the Verkhovna Rada.
As Voice of America noted, Skadden hired Skadden to prepare a report on the 2012 Tymoshenko trial. The American political strategist Paul Manafort, who worked for Yanukovich. The company’s report says Tymoshenko’s trial was not selective justice, and the former prime minister’s accusation of violating court proceedings was rebutted. Under US law, Skadden had to register as a foreign agent before preparing a report, but did not. In January 2019, Skadden entered into an agreement with the US Department of Justice. USA And agreed to pay a $ 4.6 million fine.
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